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[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] p0wd3r:
I purchased a Galaxy s3 on ebay, SGH-i747 AT&T. ICS 4.0.4 Stock ROM

I used the sim from my old phone and chopped it down, everything worked except MMS. Here is what I've done to try to resolve the issue in order. I searched around the forums and many of the solutions that have been posted were for other types of phones or carriers, the rest didn't work for me.

1. I disabled some of the apps in the stock rom (I haven't flashed a new ROM)

2. I went to an AT&T store and got a micro sim to see if this would resolve it, nope...

3. Installed "SIM Info" from the play store and it shows "SIM Operator Name: Unknown" and "Network Operator Name: Unknown". I have another active AT&T phone (S2 with Paranoid) and SIM Info on it shows "AT&T" where the S3 shows "Unknown". Wondering if this might be the issue, but how can I fix that?

4. I checked the APN and all seems in order, I even copied the APN settings from my other phone. When I go into the network operators and search, no search option comes up, just a grayed out "default settings" thing. I'm not sure if this is normal for a stock ROM.

5. I rooted the phone and put TWRP and SuperSU on it.

6. Installed gApps (first I put on the JB edition by mistake lol, but I fixed that).

Also, I'm not sure if this is a stock rom thing, but the signal bar is always gray, not sure if it is supposed to go blue or not. I do get indicators that 4G is connecting when trying to send MMS. So what can I do? I don't want to install a new ROM on this phone because it is for my wife, but out of the box with the stock ROM MMS isn't working. Is this something that I need to take into the AT&T store and just tell them it is broken and hope they have a solution?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] KorGuy123:
Doesn't work...

Doesn't send?

Error after sending?

Recipient doesn't get it but your phone says sent?

Stock MMS?

3rd party app?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] p0wd3r:
Does not send. Eventually fails, and I can't see any error message.

Does not receive, the download button is there, but it never downloads.

No one receives any MMS from this phone, nor any kind of indicator that a message has been sent from it.

Stock MMS and third party app (handscent) both act the same.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] p0wd3r:
Bump

Any ideas? Would logs help? Where can I find them?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] luc.highwalker:
You chopped down the sim? As in you cut a big sim down to size?

That might be your problem...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] p0wd3r:
As mentioned, I got a new sim from AT&T after I cut the old SIM down to the micro size and the problem is still there. However, I cannot rule out the SIM being the issue, since SIM Info shows the newtwork operator info as "Unknown". So I guess I should go to the carrier again and get another SIM? Internet, SMS and calls work great on it, just MMS fails. Very puzzling... :eek:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] BWolf56:
there's your problem. It doesn't communicate with google servers (grey vs blue). a little google search (or xda search) will give you the ''how to fix''. Just last week, I made a post about it here but can't remember the solutions specificly.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] p0wd3r:
Ok cool, I thought it should be blue... Is this the thread you are talking about? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2102674

If so, your steps are as follows...

I'm not sure if this will help, but I will give it a try. I am able to open all of the google apps including the play store and gmail and they are synced up correctly. The calendar seems to be having issues though, so it might also be related. Will this correct the SIM Info message of unknown network?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] p0wd3r:
I tried Step 1 and 2, both passed fine, signal still gray, and still no MMS.

I am reluctant to do a hard reset, only because it is my wife's phone, and she gets annoyed when having to get her wall papers n stuff again. lol I might tell her to just deal with it at this point though. However, pending step 3, if it still doesn't work, and the SIM card still shows unknown network, what options are left? Go to the carrier?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] theraffman:
Possible that the phone is bad, maybe that's why the seller sold it, knowing it was a bunk phone. Worst case you can send it in for warranty. Curious, are either of the water marks on the phone pink? My wife dropped a phone in the bath a while back and started having issues with the SIM randomly not being recognized and then not having data (it wasn't her s3,I think it was a vivid.)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] BWolf56:
Carrier will either factory reset your phone or give you another SIM. One last thing I can think of is that your MMS are blocked (not in your contract). So that could be something to check with your carrier (or on contract).

I doubt it's the case here as everything else but MMS works. A damaged SIM or connector won't only block those and let the rest work :silly:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] theraffman:
Just speaking from experience, I've seen it happen first hand... voice and sms will gimp over a connection sans data, mms on the other hand won't. It was confirmed that the issue my wife had with her phone was a shorted out contact point in the SIM tray. Additionally, the op said he cut down the original SIM, it's possible he didn't do something right and physically damaged something.

I work in an profession that requires me to trouble shoot issues constantly, I learned long ago never to assume that something, regardless of how silly or implausible it may seem, May not be the culprit... we know a few facts...

the phone was purchased second hand.

The SIM card was cut and the phone is not correctly reporting the status of the SIM.

SIM has been replaced, not correcting the issue.

Apn settings have been verified.

No factory reset has been performed.

Now, SIM cards and trays can be very finicky, I have seen a couple phones with bad SIM ports... the issue the op is having may not be related to water damage, but I have seen it happen and there is no reason to discount it until verified.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] thacounty:
Are you sure it isn't an APN issue? You might want to go into Settings -> Mobile Networks -> and Network Operators and run a search. Then you can check the APN to make sure it is set correctly for MMS.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] TooSlo:
True, if it's Straight Talk, you'll need to manually add the MMS APN. I have to do this with pretty much any phone I use, though some ROMs will include ST APN settings.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] p0wd3r:
Thank you all for your input. I'm going to do a factory reset on the phone tonight (if she'll ever get off of the damn thing! lol) and I'll post an update after that. If the SIM still reports that the network is unknown, I'll get a replacement SIM. If it still doesn't work, I'll go on the hunt for a SIM port replacement, but first things first. :) thanks again, I'll be updating shortly.

Oh, and it hasn't gotten wet, at least the indicators don't show that it has.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] thacounty:
Check APN's before factory reset.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] TehWez:
I had a similar issue, I had to call AT&T and have them give me the correct settings to put in under the "message setting" option under the messaging app settings.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] p0wd3r:
Can you tell me what settings those are? Also, what APN settings do you have?

Funny, MMS suddenly started working, both outgoing and incoming, but SIM Info still shows network operator unknown. :S I'm afraid that this issue is going to come back... I'm still leaning toward going into an AT&T store and getting a third SIM...
[HTC One S] pitic:
does anybody how to downgrade htc one s (s4) from jb to ics, and where I can find origina stack ?

THX
[HTC One S] decievedthought:
Basically you can't.
[HTC One S] troby86:
Is it official OTA?
[HTC One S] Spastic909:
There is a section called q&a, help& troubleshooting...wrong section
[HTC One S] pitic:
Thanks for help Spastic909 :rolleyes:
[HTC One S] bihslk:
Sv: [Q] downgrade htc one s (s4)

Yes you can. There is many custom ics roms out there. Stock is s h i t

Skickat från min HTC One S via Tapatalk 2
[HTC One S] Goatshocker:
I wouldnt actually say that. stock ICS worked damn good tbh, by far the best stock rom Ive ever encountered in an android device.

Of course, compared to, say, viperS 1.2.1 its quite garbage :)
[HTC One S] decievedthought:
As I said you can't downgrade to stock from stock jb without a dangerous bricking solution which is impractical for most people and he doesn't seem to be adept so.I.wouldn't suggest that solution to him.
[HTC One S] troby86:
Its actually very simple. You just need to know how to use terminal in linux, and how to follow directions. However, some users have experienced bricks after...I have done the downgrade, and I have had no issues.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joho5:
new here,

dont want to ask the noob question of which kernel is the best...but can I get some opinions on what kernel you guys use and why?

I basically want to be able to undervolt a bit across the board, and have an improvment in battery life without losing the snappiness of the phone.

nothing major....I noticed the Franco Kernel is very popular, but there isnt any details on the op about it per the creators style.

Also, I read if you come off of Francos, you need to flash the reset kernel...where is that?

thanks

all help is appreciated
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] estallings15:
Franco is great. Doesn't UV, though.

Honestly, check out Harsh kernel. It's already UV'ed and allows for more. Also, it is QUICK. Battery life is great.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gagdude:
Personally, I use Matr1x kernel. I wondered the same question as OP and I jumped around a few kernels. I used Franco, Bricked, and now Matr1x (might have tried out IntersectRaven's, but I forget). Allows for undervolt and has a few governors as well as I/O schedulers. I like to settle for one thing so right now I'm content. I can't judge battery life, because I don't completely rely on kernels to do it for me, rather I manage my apps and screen, auto sync, etc. myself.

I believe the reset kernel is the stock kernel, which you need to flash before any custom kernel, but... not quite sure
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vangelis13:
There are some great kernel devs here, as you would assume (random order): Franco, Morfic, Mathk1d, Harsh, etc etc. All with individual qualities, I however find common details in most of them; great improvements in battery life & performance being the biggest compared to stock.

Try them all, they're free & it's easy enough. ;)

(Personally, I have two backups in twrp that I always revert to: rasbean + trinity & minco + franco. Seen you asked..) :thumbup:

Reset kernel: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2024982
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UZ7:
I've been using motley since day one that I've had my N4. Jumped to franco to check it out but always ended back with motley. Most of his builds are tested before release and he will tell you if they're for testing (alphas), tested a little bit (betas) or stable. There was a few weeks where I didn't even update my kernel because it was perfect (at least for me) and just updated to get the later features. There are a lot out there and its just a matter of testing and seeing which kernel/features fits our needs. :good:

On my sig we have a chart going on with different versions that have been tested with voltages and binning. :)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] calanizzle:
MiNCO has been great for me
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kai_germany:
AW: kernels

Trinity kernel (latest, ondemand) and rbj. Nice combination. Realy fast, without the need of extra tweeks. UV by default. Smooth.

Used Matrix 5.5 bevor, also snappy, but drained my battery faster.

Francos kernel with minco rom worked great on battery life, but was not that smooth. But haven't tried the latest francokernel.

Everything just personal, and battery life depends much on the way you use your n4.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hereisphilly:
For me, Faux's kernel is hard to beat

Very good battery life, potential to UV, extremely stable, super smooth, release schedule is relentless and faux is quick to help out troubleshooting.

But above all else, the one feature that stands out above all else is full colour control with gamma adjustment! This alone makes it worth it, completely unleashes this device's screen!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] takimane40k:
Trinity has excellent performance and solid battery. Highly recommended.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Michealtbh:
This is completely subjective, different kernels work best for different people. Try a few out and see which you prefer
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fromhungarytolnacounty:
Somebody can tell me, this app what is doing exactly, because i dont want to buy it, but my DHD is always on speakerphone when make a call?

tried everything. really, but i cant switch off the dock mode, but this app made it.

The app name is NoDock. href.hu/x/j6ob

Sorry for my bad english, i am hungarian.

Thanks

DHD 4.0.4 (IceColdSandwich-8.8.AOKP-signed)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] o2demonangel:
How about uninstall it?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fromhungarytolnacounty:
Go to play stpre, find the app, and uninstall.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cool.bilalrana:
Hi

I am using samsung galaxy i9000. its a great device but one feature that irritates me is that it has just 512mb of ram. i have used many ROMs but still can't find any suitable ROM that consumes less ram. By less i mean max 200 mb.

Please tell me that there is a ROM that has no bugs and is not addicted to the Ram of my device. :crying::crying:
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FjarrKontroll:
I've had this phone for two years and I've done everything you can imagine with it, not once have I come anywhere near running out of RAM... Have you actually run into problems? And how? I'm on CM10.1 right now and it's sitting at 209MB used.

Now I've been trying for several minutes to make a problem with it. Opening everything I can and making it all use as much RAM as possible at the same time. The cache is full now, but it's sitting at 212MB used when I go to the running apps page. Your problem is a mystery to me.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dsound:
Linux uses all available memory as a cache, it's not a problem.

Have a look here: http://www.linuxatemyram.com/
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cool.bilalrana:
Well i am using different apps for different purposes insted of using custom apps. like GO SMS, Go launcher, and some keypad apps.

and most importantly it slows down the games like subway surfer, 6 guns. and there are many other lags that accour after running some apps.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jakubs11:
Are you looking for a JB ROM?

Try using some clean AOSP ports: Oficial Android 4.2 (Galaxy Nexus Stock Rom) <Beta 1> by Dev Elitemovil / presenter: iall5tar,

or custom mixes build on sources: Slim Bean 4.2.1 RC1

You should also consider giving a try some older ROMs from Gingerbread (2.3.6) family. You will find fairly up-to-date i9000 ROM list over: HERE.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Abilashan Mwg:
I installed stable C-ROM 4.1.1, it works blady fast....
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hr Kristian:
Should be noted anyone checking available ram in system settings loses 40-50mb ram to... system settings x)

It's not even remotely accurate at gauging exactly what you have to work with, for several reasons.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Techjourney:
I have really enjoyed playing around with the new features of Jelly Bean and the Premium Suite Update. Quick Commands are neat to show, but not quite convinced of its usefulness. I tried creating a couple using Gmail, but can't seem it get it to work. One to compose an email to a recipient and the other to write an email to a specific recipient. Neither would work. The only Quick Command that would work with Gmail was to simply open the Gmail app.

Has anyone had any success creating Quick Commands with Gmail?
[HTC ChaCha] cherrysammy:
HEEEEEELP:crying:....... I tied to root my htc chacha, i dnt get it ....since then the fone is nt booting....it hboot even when i whant to fastboot it....PLS what should i do to get my fone to a wrking state?
[HTC ChaCha] dataman89:
can you see that driver "My HTC" on device manager when usb cable is plugin to your computer (also phone must be power off status only led is on) ?

if so you can use fastboot command easly ;)
[HTC Wildfire S] laganio:
Hi,

This is my first post, so sorry if this is in the wrong section or i've done something wrong !

I'm pretty much a noob when it comes to this sort of stuff, but I flashed my WFS to a CyanogenMod 10 and everything is working perfectly apart from HQ videos. This bugs me quite a bit because youtube is probably my most used app. I've tried reflashing my ROM but nothing seems to work. So im just wondering if theres any way to get YouTube HQ videos working or are there any CM10 (or 9) versions which I could use which can play HQ videos. I just love CyanogenMod too much to go back to stock, so I hope there's a way I can sort it out.

Thanks a load!
[HTC Wildfire S] ruskoruskov:
-

Same here, hope someone find a solution! For your info theres a ROM called JellyKing and its cm10 based you shall check it out. I cant install anything from Play Store but it may work for you! ;)
[HTC Wildfire S] Szerry:
On slim CM10 MOD , HQ working very well on Youtube.

But when i just installed CM 10 with CM 10.1 features , i have big 2 seconds lags.

I didn't saw some differents about that two mods, so why on that first everything its ok, but on that second, youtube HQ is just a s...
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] fuji88:
Hi, I recently installed this rom (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2055481) on my GTS5570, and runs smoothly y extremely great, but the navbar hides part of the keyboard and it's monsterly huge, so I'm looking for a way of disabling it, if it's possible
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] AfonsoADR:
you will need to edit framework-res.apk decopile it with any apktool.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1924327 < here a little help.

if you are asking about aosp 4.0.4 i look it will be fixed in the next release.

i am asking with an developer for help.

some persons are helping on this project. be patient

---------- Post added at 11:06 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:00 PM ----------

tomorrow i can try on my laptop with ubuntu.

today i can't.

but its too easy any noob can do it
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] F4uzan:
Not tried the ROM but this way are working on ICS, JB 4.1, and JB 4.2

1. Open build.prop

2. Add these lines "qemu.hw.mainkeys=1" (without quotes)

3. Reboot
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] AfonsoADR:
delete launch2.apk and add other launcher that navbar will hide and camera will show images,

you'll only need a camera.apk , i am searching about this now
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] fuji88:
okay, I have to delete launch2.apk with rom installed, right? I tried to delete it and put another launcher on .zip, but it kept failing all the time trying to install. Strange thing, never had that problem with the tablet. (Maybe the script install every file one by one?)

EDIT: This is disturbing... I fixed the problem with the soft buttons, but even with that, my locales appear messed up (power off appears like reboot, reboot like sound options... and wherever I try to make a call o answer one, FC on phone.apk) (can't post yet on ROM's topic, this is anooying)
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] MAD_psycho_Zz:
R: [Q] [4.0.4] Disabling bottom navigation bar

just go to system folder and open build.prop with root explorer (hold pressed on the file and select open with text editor) and add qemu.hw.mainkeys=1 at the last line(press enter to make a new one)
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] AfonsoADR:
you need to make zip changes, that rom is not done to daily use, the camera will be crazy, just i really recomend you use thewhisp cm9 if you really wants ics,

make what that man have said about build.prop can works i no have tested.

have some mods of remove that nav bar.

i removed it changing the launcher , tha camera do not show the botton of take photo and do not show the option of power button.

you will need to use other app.

without say about that crazys names on some parts of rom, really need wait more anything for see if it will be nice
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] fuji88:
The thing is that nearly everything works, only truble I have is with the locales on the shutdown menu and that phone.apk doesn't work.

Maybe I'll do that thing, use TheWhisp's CM9 until this gets very stable, 'cause this is really promising
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] AfonsoADR:
i already have reported for @ma-90 how to him get camera full working on aosp, in cm9 too just go to tread of cm9/10 by whisp.

put all omxlibs from cm10.1 and libcamera.so in cm9 and all go works (zip changes)
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] fuji88:
Well, I'll do a nandroid and try new version, I hope this release fix the phone.apk problem and the locales (I've been thinking, and maybe the problem is that Spanish locales are not correctly implemented, or my Galaxy Mini is completely insane.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Nickitt:
Basically I bought a phone from a guy off Craigslist.

I asked for the ESN before purchase.

Called Sprint, was clean+clear and ready for activation on ANY account.

Bought phone.

Sprint says the phone is still tied to an account, and they cannot do anything unless I have his permission.

The guy I bought the phone from, when I was on my way to get it. Texted me and said, call this number when you get there.

So I did.

6-7 hours pass, I call, no answer. I text, says its some 70 year old person and to quit texting them.

I have his E-Mail, phone numbers all that in the settings>status

Cops won't do a damn thing. I'm just in the air.

I could be that guy and re-sell it to someone who was as stupid as me.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] HoDawg:
Your spelling and punctuation makes it difficult to understand you.

Sent from a Superior ROM
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
I think hes saying that he bought an S3 that was supposed to be unactivated, but it turned out to be on Verizon....so hes trying to find out how to get it onto Sprint

@OP, if you make the title of your post more informative, you'll probably get more views and more responses
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] -EViL-KoNCEPTz-:
What would you like us to do? Wave a magic wand and clear up the ESN for you? :rolleyes: next time meet the person at a sprint store and activate the device before you pay for it. Lesson learned.

I like to break stuff! :D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
OP, have a look at this thread. Basically, you need a donor Sprint phone to flash your Verizon S3 back to Sprint.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Nickitt:
I will fix the OP.

Listen.

I have a Sprint S3 which I am using and is active.

I wanted to buy a Note 2, I found a guy to sell me one.

I asked him for the ESN before I went to buy it. Called Sprint, was clean and ready to be activated.

Met up and bought the Note 2 for Sprint.

Sprint now says they cannot do anything to the phone unless the owner gives them permission too.

Guess I'm just screwed for using this on the Sprint network.

Cricket said $75 to flash, and 60 a mo for service.

Or, I could be that guy & re-sell it on CL and screw someone else over.

Then just go buy a new one.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
You could be honest and resell, someone might want it for cricket. There's no need to pass along any BS.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] daniel4653:
Yeah its your mistake. You should have gone to a sprint store or at least called sprint on the spot to activate it before you pay.